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This Central Intelligence Agency personality file on Soviet official Nikolay Sergeyevich Leonov (201-132139), with material dated 1953 to 1963, compiles cables, FBI documents, surveillance reports, press photos and passport copies. It records his Soviet Embassy service in Mexico City, the finding of his calling card in Fidel Castro's address book in 1956, and his role as Castro's interpreter in the USSR in 1963. A source identified him as a KGB officer, and a DIA item alleged he was planning Latin American insurgency.
# CIA INTERNAL USE ONLY SECRET (When Filled In) PERSONALITY (201) FILE REQUEST TO RI/ANALYSIS SECTION DATE 17 Oct 56 ACTION FROM RI/AN/FAHY ROOM NO. 1509 K TELEPHONE 8265 INSTRUCTIONS: Form must be typed or printed in block letters. SECTION I: List 201 number, name and identifying data in the spaces provided. All known aliases and variants (including maiden name, if applicable) must be listed. If the identifying data varies with the alias used, a separate form must be used. Write UNKNOWN for items you are unable to complete. SECTION II: List cryptonym or pseudonym, if assigned. If true name is sensitive, obtain 201 number from 201 Control Desk and complete Section I and Section III. On a separate form, enter the 201 number and complete Section II and Section III. Submit each form separately. SECTION III: To be completed in all cases. SECTION I SENSITIVE 201 NO. 1. SOURCE DOCUMENT NON-SENSITIVE 201-132139 HMMA 5438 NAME (Last) (Middle) (First) (Title) NAME VARIANT TYPE NAME 2 (Last) (Middle) (First) (Title) PHOTO 4. BIRTH DATE 5. COUNTRY OF BIRTH 6. CITY OR TOWN OF BIRTH 7. OTHER IDENTIFICATION 8. OCCUPATION/POSITION SECRETARY TO Ambassador - Soviet Embassy - Mexico SECTION II CRYPTONYM PSEUDONYM SECTION III COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE MEXICO 10. ACTION DESK WH/3/M 11. 2ND COUNTRY INTEREST 12. 3RD COUNTRY INTEREST 12A. COMMENTS: PERMANENT CHARGE RESTRICTED FILE SIGNATURE
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